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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't devs making desktop apps any more? by ryanmcdonough on Thursday March 24, 2022 @11:45AM (#30791510)
How many people are willing to pay on Windows Desktop for apps vs iOS consumers?
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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't devs making desktop apps any more? by sirjaz on Thursday March 24, 2022 @11:57AM (#30791680)
Surprisingly a lot. Look at steam or epic games. If those platforms also advertised non game software, people would buy it.
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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't devs making desktop apps any more? by callalex on Thursday March 24, 2022 @02:16PM (#30793513)
Steam supports non-game software, but they haven’t managed to attract all that many sellers to their marketplace.
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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't devs making desktop apps any more? by ryanmcdonough on Thursday March 24, 2022 @06:38PM (#30796310)
Steam does and people don’t though.
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